The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-13
O'BRIEN AT QUEBEC.
Ho Scores Lord Lansdowns In n Gontis-
mnnlY WnY.- -

O'BRlES AZ QUEBEC.
He Scores Lord L,ns,lowns In Gontis-
manly Why.
QuRBEc, May l2.-In his epeech here 10.
night, Mr.. O'Brlsn said he had 10 express
his Acknowledgement, not merely to his
friends but to bis opponents, for the cour.
teey and fair play he had received up 10
tho present time. lie believed that a
good many prejudices, and misunder.
standings which had arisen with refer.
ence to his visit, were being al.
ready dispelled, and expressed bis con.
tldence that the more the subject
was thrashed out, the more beverley
every human and liberty loving man in
Canada would condemn the conduct OF
Lord Lausdowne, and the more they
would recognise that this visit was the
only means left to avert total destruction
OF an entire community OF oppressed and
cruelty wrongod tenants. The Irish peo.
pie had not sought this quarrel with Lord
Lsnsdowne. He had himself forced 1t by
making himself the champion and the
standard bearer Of the worst and most in.
human class ol rack renters In Ireland.
[hisass1
"The Montreal Herald Of to. day" he con.
tinued, "took up the position, with which
| do not for one moment quarrel, that
Canadian people would not take on a
statement OF others tho assertion that Lord
l.ansdowne waH as black 40 he was paint
ed until tho other eide was heard from.
invite and challenge Lord Lansdowne to
anHwer OF dispute single fact which the
Herald says should not be accepted until
ho has had an opportunity OF doing this.
Lord Lauedowno need not seriously ahel.
ter himself under the plea that his official
position prevented him from defending
himself. In. a free country like this the
press Ia as open to him rs to any
one [spplausel, and as matter OF
fact Lord Lansdowne has already very
significantly availed himself OF ordinary
channels OF newspaper defense. He has
on more than one occasion through inter.
views and communi9ues oDicia done his ut
most to prejudice the Canadian people
with reference to my visit [hisseel and he
cannot now pretend TO wrap himself up in
majesty 80 ss to decline to defend himself
againstanindic.mentw which, unanswered,
will bring upon him the reprobation OF
Canadian public opinion. Applause.
The fact is, Lord Lanedowne's trouble
10 not that he has been debarred from de.
tending himself, but the defense which he
has already offered is weak and
misleading and lame defense. Renewed
applause Not only has Lord Lands
dowue literally availed himself of news-
paper interviews in his own defense, bu.
his agent, one Of the most astute of living
men, did exhaust all the resources OF his
ingenuity through the Atlsntic cable
to obscure and prejudice the Judgment OF
Canadian people in the interest OF his
master. Hisses. Lord Landsdowne
wsnts not 40 mrcr 7ITnc7sp7 in the press
as material ~ 7ip3iy them With all ade-
qusts answer. The only refuge now OF his
defenders appears 10 be in the absurd notion
that it is Governor General Of Canada,
and not as an Irish evictor that I am here
to arraign him. Lord Lansdowne himself
has forgotten bis high Office as the Cover.
nor Of free people when he carried, and
Ia carrying out in Ireland proceedings in
di1ect violation Of the principles which
tho Canadian parliament has again and
agained affirmed with relation to Ire
land. If " be wrong in inviting
public condemnation of the Lugga-
curran evictions, then the members Of the
Canadian parliament were wrong in pre-.
eenting resolutions denouncing the infam.
GUS landlords and the coercive system in
Ireland. l hold on the contrary that it is
the highest right and duty, contitutionally
Of nation enjoying the blessing OF self.
government to know whether the ruler OF
their country WAS not himself forgetting
the very injustice which the Canadian
parliament deprecated and abhorred.
Either they ought to expunge their
resolutions OF sympathy for Ire
land from the books OF the
Canadian Parliament or they ought to
acknowledge that their rulers should
pay little more Difference to the princi-
Piles enunciatsd by the representatives Of
the Canadian people. [Oheers.l The
days were gone by when 1righ tenantry
will submit 10 eviction with detected and
hopeless hearts. Our race is sbeginning to
avail its strength. we know that no
Irish exterminator can now find in all
tho world around spot where he can
hide his head from the judgment and
condemnation OF civilized mankind. Ap.
plsuse.]
1t is that which has cheered the heart
Of the Irish people and kept their arms
from crime. -
Mr.. O'Brien concluded his address with
an eloquent peroration, predicting an early
deliverance from landlordism in Ireland,
and from the curse and abomination of
Dublin Castle rule.